Perpetual insect photo thread

More great dragons and damsels, everyone. Geoff, I particularly liked your tiger moth.

Here is my contribution for the week:
http://www.themcmurrays.net/ext_links/IMG_3283.JPG

Again, not technically an insect, but close enough for this thread. :)

Thanks for looking,
-Brandon

here is a head-on shot of a Red Admiral Butterfly sucking up come sustenance. I wonder if it was a bit alcoholic? ;)He seems to be listing a bit to the left.
I did PP it to straighten the insect to true vertical, but don't like the resultant composition. It was actually leaning that way.
BTW; Nice scorpion, glad they don't live around here!

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Originally Posted by Anthony

Perhaps our resident insect expert kgosden can explain why this variaty of dragon fly seems to like to come back to the same muddy spot; the same variaty did it last year as well.

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Well I don't claim to be an Entomologist and I am not kgosden, but I have noticed several species that tend to perch in quite restricted areas returning to the same places after a brief circling flight.
Others patrol along a specific route regularly. That has helped me to get some of the shots that I have come up with, the right place at the right time.:o

I am kgosden, but no insect expert even after staying in several Holiday Inns.

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Originally Posted by Falconest174

here is a head-on shot of a Red Admiral Butterfly sucking up come sustenance. I wonder if it was a bit alcoholic? ;)He seems to be listing a bit to the left.
I did PP it to straighten the insect to true vertical, but don't like the resultant composition. It was actually leaning that way.
BTW; Nice scorpion, glad they don't live around here!

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Great image - leaning or not!
BTW are you collecting 70 -300's ??

Great shot of the Red Admiral. I think the tilt makes for a better composition, I don't think I would like it straight.

Here are a few of my recent ones.

Cicada:
http://www.themcmurrays.net/ext_links/IMG_3570.JPG

Jumping Spider:
http://www.themcmurrays.net/ext_links/IMG_3821.JPG

Shield Bug:
http://www.themcmurrays.net/ext_links/IMG_3297.JPG

-Brandon

Great close ups - especially the Shield bug!
We see them sometimes in our garden

Shield bug is nice, but I prefer the spider.

This is a dragonfly nymph shell that I spotted attached to a limb that was protruding up out of the river. Don't know what species it is but I am amazed at the detail in the shell.

Falconest,

Very cool. Was that cropped a good bit? Seems a little noisy in the background.